Observed arrival · 2026-10-20
1783 at Rockingham: Twenty-Nine Lives and Article VII
A digital companion to a Franklin Township exhibition tracing Black refugees from central New Jersey, Article VII of the Treaty of Paris, and Rockingham in 1783.
- For
- Exhibition visitors, local-history readers, and teachers
- Worth noticing
- The archive pairs full document pages and transcriptions with first-person accounts by Boston King and Judith Jackson.
Field notes
The homepage arranges the material as three exhibition boards: 29 Lives (1775–1792), The Clause (1781–1783), and One House (1772–1865). Separate paths lead to a voyage map, named-person records, first-person accounts by Boston King and Judith Jackson, and full document pages with transcriptions. The listed October 24, 2026 lecture is at Franklin Township Public Library, with Timothy Messer-Kruse and moderator Mary Tsaltas-Ottomanelli.
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One card from the complete issue